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Comment by Elrox

...Yoink!

Comment by Voxxel

WTB funny flavor text.

Comment by jjanchan

UPDATE: Rare solves in Legion will be obtained in a different way than previous expansions - see below!

This grey vendor trash item is one of the new Rare solves in Legion Archaeology. It vendors for a whopping 5000g! With the new Legion model of these items coming from quests, you can potentially rack up quite a bit by completing this rare on multiple toons. Note that level 110 is required for the quests.

The achievement for unearthing all of the Common Legion archaeology finds is Handle With Care.The achievement for unearthing all of the Rare Legion archaeology finds is A Keen Eye.

Obtaining Rare Solves in Legion

Based on the latest information, Legion Archaeology Rare solves WILL NOT be obtained from surveying, but rather will be part of an ongoing story questline. Every 2 weeks a quest will appear from the Archaeology trainer (Dariness the Learned), granting a Rare project at its completion. Note that level 110 will be required for these quests. Source: Legion Profession Q & A with Paul Kubit - Video

In older Dalaran Dariness the Learned was in the Legerdemain Lounge, but she is now located in Things of the Past, a shop on the northeast side of the Magus Commerce Exchange, between the Forge of Fate and the Like Clockwork, the Engineering shop.

Use: Visit a time-lost version of the Nar'thalas Academy. Use the keys again to return to the present. (5 Sec Cooldown). Nar'thalas Academy is an area in the middle of Legion zone Azsuna. Using this will unlock access to a number of quests and minigames.

Comment by Verethora

Damn, I'm looking forward to surveying this artifact :OOO

Comment by Aenrysch

I am so gonna farm this baby

Comment by littlekeloid08

The starting quest is given by Dariness the Learned- I didn't think to note the title of the quest when I got it, but basically you go and talk with Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher in Suramar. - He is located in a cave, entrance is at 38.1, 90.8.

He'll give you the quest "Fit of an Elven Queen"- Go into Suramar City (closest port to the crown is the Vineyard) and find the crown- Once examined, go back to Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher in the cave

He'll then give you "Shifting Through the Rubble"- Survey different areas around Suramar until you find the 6 missing Jewels of the Crown- This took a while; more than 15 digsites completed - Had 3 drop from angry highborne spirit and 3 drop from picking up a highborne archeology find- Take them back to Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher and he'll reward you with Crown Jewels of Suramar - Go get your 5000 gold

Comment by Ping

I came here because I couldn't find any info at all on WowHead about the quests, nor is it being discussed much yet on the forums.

Updates as I make progress:

I *assume* that the gems drop from archaeological digs (like scrolls do).

I *assume* they can also drop from Highborne Spirits.

Both of the above are assumptions as I'm on my 9th digsite of today and I've not had a single gem drop yet....

Confirmed: gems drop from regular digs and also from spirits.No idea yet on drop rate but appears to be low.

Work in progress:

gem #1: 10th digsite! got it on the last dig of the site

gem #2: dropped from Spirit midway through 11th digsite

gem #3: dropped from Spirit midway through digsite 13

gem #4: last survey of digsite 17

gem #5: dropped from Spirit on last survey of 19th digsite

FINALLY! gem #6: dropped on 2nd survey on my 23rd digsite

Comment by Gogeta1990

I am now 5 digsites into this quest, and the only jewel i was able to get, came from the "Angry Highborne spirit" mob that drops bonus fragment. Maybe these have a 100% drop chance and are the intended way to complete the quest.

The droprate on normal digsites seems to be ridiculously low.

It's very frustrating to spend 15-20 minutes doing digs and solves and being at the mercy of bonus mobs to drop quest items.

Comment by Vyncent1982

This is another one of the things that WowHead should have an entry for the quests on. Regrettably, these quests are not even mentioned in the Archeology Guide.

Shard of Sciallax is another one that is missing an entry!

Comment by TheCrosshare

Well, that's another nice item that'll sit in my bank as a "memorabilia", like the 6k fortune card and gold bags from pet battles :p

Think i got aroun 50k of items just laying around.

Comment by junk218

maybe I'm terrible at life, but I went from 27 in archeology to 511 at the final gem.

terrible drop rate for me.

good luck.

Comment by FaolanHart

For being the most grindy Archeology quest I've done so far in Legion this was unbelievably disappointing.I was hoping for a unique cosmetic transmog item. I could have made far more than 5000 gold just farming mobs in the time this took me.

Comment by PulserX

I have completed around 15 digsites. I only got 1/6 jewel, and it dropped from a spirit. (I already killed about 6 spirits).

I whispered another player in the area, he said he had 4/6 jewels after abour 30 digsites.

EDIT: I think i was extremely unlock, or it was hotfixed. Today I did 3 digsites and got the 5 last gems, 4 from about 7 spirits. 1 from the dig itself.

Good luck!

Comment by Ricemonster

I have experienced both bad and good 'luck' in this quest. The bad was on the first day, after roughly 10 dig sites, I only recovered 2 jewels. The good was on the second day, after 6 dig sites, I recovered 3 jewels from one dig site and the other 1 from a different site.

It was a bit tedious, but 5,000 gold for two days, roughly 16 dig sites and about 165 skill levels is worth it in my opinion.

Comment by bombokmaina

I got it in like 4-5 digsites, in 2 days. I guess luck counts sometimes

Comment by Graknak

Saved this quest till the last moment compared to when it first popped up and i'm glad i did. Now with all the hotfixes the spirits have a 100% drop rate on a jewel when killed. Took me about 45 minutes and 2.5 digsites to get all 6 jewels with an archeology rating between 400-500. I think i spend more time killing mobs than actually surveying the sites.

Comment by Fataliny

I may have missed someone else ask, or say, but, can you get this quest (and then the item) multiple times? Or is it a 1 time deal?